CVE-2017-15262 — IrfanView version 4.44 (32bit) with PDF plugin version 4.43 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted .pdf file, related to "Data from Faulting Address controls Code Flow starting at PDF!xmlParserInputRead+0x0000000000048d0c."

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HIGH

IrfanView version 4.44 (32bit) with PDF plugin version 4.43 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted .pdf file, related to "Data from Faulting Address controls Code Flow starting at PDF!xmlParserInputRead+0x0000000000048d0c."

Published Oct 11, 2017

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 1.98%

Description

IrfanView version 4.44 (32bit) with PDF plugin version 4.43 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted .pdf file, related to "Data from Faulting Address controls Code Flow starting at PDF!xmlParserInputRead+0x0000000000048d0c."

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.98% 0.01983

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01983

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v5

Table of values (15 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.98% (0.01983)	79.82th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.98% (0.01983)	77.90th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.08% (0.00077)	33.44th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 14, 2024	0.08% (0.00078)	33.45th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.07% (0.00072)	29.46th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.52% (0.01525)	73.77th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Nov 10, 2022	1.52% (0.01525)	73.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 6, 2022	1.24% (0.01238)	66.39th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Jul 8, 2022	1.14% (0.01135)	53.68th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.04% (0.01036)	39.16th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.04% (0.01036)	20.62th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.91% (0.00909)	25.57th	v1
Jan 6, 2022	0.91% (0.00909)	24.95th	v1
Sep 1, 2021	0.91% (0.00909)	59.43th	v1
Apr 14, 2021	0.91% (0.00909)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (1)

https://github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-15262
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-15262		x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Oct 11, 2017

Updated Aug 5, 2024

Reserved Oct 11, 2017

Link CVE-2017-15262

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2017-15262

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2017-15262